Added Value for Energy Projects

Trading international Biomass Sources

The biomass market is an emerging and rapidly growing global energy sector. A reliable supply of biomass and a dependable demand for bio energy is vital to develop stable market activities, aimed at our international bioenergy trade. Our GLOBAL ENERGY DIVISION considers raw biomass as highly profitable 'waste' and can include bank-approved projects with ...

  • Waste wood, wood chips sawdust, bark and other woody waste
  • Yard trimmings, grass and leaves
  • Manure, poultry litter, slaughterhouse and fishery waste
  • Residues from food processing, paper processing, and other organic industrial waste
  • Food waste, paper and other organic municipal solid waste
  • Energy crops, crop residues and residues from other processing

Biomass-derived products can include ...

  • Compost for soil enrichment
  • Fuel such as methane, butane, ethanol, biodiesel and other gaseous and liquid fuels
  • Charcoal, pellets or briquets for use as solid fuels
  • Mulches, slurries and other ground-treatments
  • Biochar for use as a soil amendment or as fuel

Biomass energy is derived from five distinct energy sources: garbage, wood, waste, landfill gases, and alcohol fuels. Wood energy is derived both from direct use of harvested wood as a fuel and from wood waste streams. The largest source of energy from wood is pulping liquor or "black liquor", a waste product from processes of the pulp, paper and paperboard industry. Waste energy is the second-largest source of biomass energy. The main contributors of waste energy are municipal solid waste (MSW), manufacturing waste, and landfill gas. Biomass alcohol fuel, or ethanol, is derived mostly from sugarcane, although corn is also a common source. It can be used directly as a fuel or as an additive to gasoline.

Our GLOBAL ENERGY DIVISION can convert biomass to other usable forms of energy like methane gas or transportation fuels like ethanol and biodiesel. Methane gas is the main ingredient of natural gas. Smelly stuff, like rotting garbage, and agricultural and human waste, release methane gas - also called "landfill gas" or "biogas." Crops like corn and sugar cane can be fermented to produce the transportation fuel, ethanol. Biodiesel, another transportation fuel, can be produced from left-over food products like vegetable oils and animal fats. Also, Biomass to liquids (BTLs) and cellulosic ethanol are still under research.